The following correspondence has been handed to the Hongkong papers for publication 10th October, 1881. To Colonel J. S. Mesny, U.S. Consul, Hongkong.
My Drar Smn,—I have been requested to forward to you the accompanying expression of sympathy and kindly feeling, on the part of the British and other residents of Hongkong, towards the people of America in their present sorrow and The letter has been signed by the members of the Legislative Council, and by every merchant, banker, professional man, and trader to whom it has been submitted, and may therefore be taken as the language of the whole Colony.
May I venture to express the fervent hope that. out of this common sentiment, which we share at this time with the world at large, there may arise an increase of mutual esteem, an abundant interchange of yood offices, and a close and lasting bond of union, Tam, yours very truly, The Address is as follows To Colonel Mossy, United States Consul.
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We, the undersigned, residents of Hong. you to our American fellow Colonists, and to the people of the United States, our! sincere condolence in the bereavement you have sustained by the lamentable and violent death, in the prime of life, of your late President.
Nations, like individuals, are called upon to pass through trial and perplexity; and it is at such a time that opportunity afforded for the manifestation of that mutual interest and cordial sympathy which undoubtedly but do not find adequate expression in the ordinary intercourse of commercial and business fi The loss of such an administrator as James Abram Garfield proved himself to be is indeed to be deplored, and perhaps can only be correctly estimated by those who, ith yourself, had the honour and privilege of his friendship. We trust, however, that your great nation will be strengthened not only to bear the calamity with calm dignity and resignation, but will continue to be animated with the spirit of self-reliant energy 80 characteristic of your countrymen, and of which the career of the Into President was so eminent an example. x's reply is as follows U.S. Coysunate, Hongkong, Oct. 12, 188], Graxvitte Suanr, Esq.
My Dear Smr,—I have received your letter of the 10th instant, with which you forward, on behalf of the citizens of Hongkong, an Address expressing their sympathy wit the peuple of the United. Statos'in the Toss they have just sustained by the death of the President, and their admiration for his public character. I recognize among the signatures the names of men of various religions and nationalities; 1 am gratified to see this, for it is fit and becoming that one who dedicated his life to the cause of human liberty should receive the universal homage of the human race. This spontaneons offering has revealed that one touch of nature" that ''makes the whole world kin." But while the people of my country mourn the death of the Chief Ma. gistrate, they find consolation in the fact that their Government is not shaken from the eternal foundations on which it rests, and the promise in which we all confide, that the good which men do shall live after them.—It will afford me great pleasure to forward the Address to the family of the deceased, and as the representative of the people of the United States, I thank you for the sentiments it contains. I am sure, that among the tributes which every clime will pay to the memory of the lamented dead, there will not be one more acceptable or more appropriate than yours; for of him it may truthfully be said,—"Such graves as his are pilgrim shrines, To no code or croed confined the Palestinen, of the mind." am Sir, very truly yours, Ino, S, Mesny, United States Consul,
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